LOUISVILLE, Colo. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — August 6, 2014 —
The
Design
Automation Conference (DAC), the premier conference devoted to
electronic design and design automation, has named the members of the 52nd
DAC Executive Committee. The Executive Committee (EC) oversees the
exhibition and trade show, plans the technical program, establishes new
initiatives, and manages conference operations and publicity. The 52nd
DAC will be held at the Moscone Convention Center in San
Francisco, CA, from June 7-11, 2015.

Anne Cirkel, a senior director for technology marketing at Mentor
Graphics, will serve as the general chair for the 52nd DAC.
Prior to joining Mentor Graphics, Anne held marketing management
positions at Analogy, Viewlogic, and Berner & Mattner. Anne holds a
Master's degree in business administration with an undergraduate degree
in metallurgy from RWTH Aachen in Germany.

Anne has served on the DAC Executive Committee for over eight years,
first as the EDAC representative from 2007 – 2013 and then as the
vice-chair in 2014. During that time Anne served on various EC
sub-committees in the planning and implementation of the show from the
Strategy Committee, the Industry Liaison Committee, and the Marketing
Committee to the Automotive Technical Program Committee. In addition,
Anne played an active role on the Executive Committee for DATE as well
as the Program Committee for Embedded World.

Anne is joined on the EC by the following volunteers from across the
semiconductor, automotive, embedded systems, IP and EDA industries and
from academia. New seats representing security and embedded systems and
software have been added to the 2015 EC committee, allowing for a more
focused approach to these initiatives.

Kevin Lepine and Lee Wood of MP Associates, Inc., serve as conference
manager and exhibits manager, respectively. In addition, the EC will be
forming a Bay Area Local Committee to serve as an interface between DAC
and the electronics community in Silicon Valley. Anyone interested in
volunteering should contact the DAC office at 303-530-4333 for more
information.

“The Design Automation Conference is the premier event in our industry
and the only one bringing together designers, EDA engineering teams,
academia, and the vendor community. While remaining true to its roots,
DAC addresses advances not just in core EDA, but in areas that greatly
benefit from design automation methodologies and technologies such as
embedded systems and software, automotive electronics, IP design and
verification, and hardware security,” said Anne Cirkel. “We assembled a
fantastic team to plan and execute the 52nd DAC and we are on course to
deliver another great event next June.”